1964: On This Day in History, McNamara says U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
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What the Heck? On this 10th day of November in 1964, at a news conference, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara says that the United States has no plans to send combat troops into Vietnam.
By: VT
On this 10th day of November in 1964, at a news conference, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara says that the United States has no plans to send combat troops into Vietnam.
When asked whether the United States intended to increase its activities in Vietnam, he replied, “Wait and see.”
By 1969, more than 500,000 American troops were in South Vietnam.
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